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Supposedly, there was a cheerleading competition in the area this weekend. I saw A LOT of cheerleaders and their families in the mall over the weekend.
We thought we'd McCormick and Schmicks for dinner on Friday. Around 5:30, the wait was about 2.5 hours. For mall seafood. We went elsewhere and I vowed to stay away from Crabtree at all costs for the remainder of my life. That's the worst urban planning I've seen in the Triangle.
Many people were eating out this weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day since the holiday is in a Monday this year.
Restaurants like McCormick and Schmicks that allow reservations always seat those people first and then walk-ins are seated on a first come-first serve basis. That's one reason why the wait can be so long at Maggiano's in Durham as well on a Friday night.
We thought we'd McCormick and Schmicks for dinner on Friday. Around 5:30, the wait was about 2.5 hours. For mall seafood. We went elsewhere and I vowed to stay away from Crabtree at all costs for the remainder of my life. That's the worst urban planning I've seen in the Triangle.
You were angry at the mall because you wanted dinner at a very popular restaurant and even though you went on a very busy night, you didn't want wait the 2.5 hours? So, now you won't return to the mall. Ok. Don't go back. That will be one less person fighting for my parking space!
However, if you expect to go to a popular restaurant on a weekend night and have NO WAIT, you may be setting yourself up for disappointment. No matter how bad the economy is, it seems like folks still like going out to dinner, in this area!!! And I expect since tomorrow is Valentine's Day, many folks were smart enough to go out to dinner a day or two early. Some even thought to have reservations!
20 years ago when I moved to Raleigh, it was on the edge of being in the sticks.
For reference, it would be nice for someone to find a picture of what Crabtree Valley Mall and the surrounding areas looked like from the time the mall was built to now.
And that's why Russell Allen gets paid the BIG BUCKS!
Do you ever watch the city council meetings? Russell Alan and city staff report to the council and recommend not to do something becasue of their research and then the council just says "yeah that's nice" and approves the project anyway.
The council almost never listens to Russell Alan. It is amamzing he hasn't resigned out of frustration years ago.
FWIW - Crabtree Mall is built in a flood plain. It use to be an old farm pasture. Nothing should have ever been built there in the first place.
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So, now you won't return to the mall. 
Ok. Don't go back. That will be one less person fighting for my parking space! 
